The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-04
CITY NOTES.
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OPTION.
Life 10 either bright or sad.
Just - we may make it,
And the world 10 good or bad,
As We choose TO take It.
Wheat and ta,es together stand.
Thistles crow With flowers;
Good ana i'll on every hand.
But the choice is ours.
They will hoose the fsirer part.
Who themselves are fair:
They with beauty IN rhe heart
Find IL everywhere.
Boston Herali.
The cold yesterday made some men
forget their New Year resolutions. and
warm toddies were just as good as they
were in 1886.
Captain r. r. Reid has a special notice
this morning, to which attention is direc-
ted. He has number of specialties, and
will sell as cheap as such goods can be
had.
The deep sink in front of the Opera
House, on Lemon street, which has
been an eyesore for so long. has been
fitted up by the street hands. The street
is very much improved by the work.
The Ladies' Memorial Association will
meet at the residence of Mrs. S. j. Ken
nerly at 3 O'Clock to morrow Wednesday
evening, when a full attendance is de-
sired, "a business of importance is to be
transacted.
Lieutenant Greeley. who is at present
in charge of the United States Signal
Service, gave us a close call Sunday,
yesterday. and probably to-day, with his
prediction of cold wave. His Arctic
experiences may have caused him to
predict such weather for us, but rs the
deed has been done we will forgive him.
He can now take back seat and let Ha-
zen to the front again. So far as we
know how the cold has not destroyed
the orange crop, but some little damage
has been done, evidently.
The st. Augustine Weekly has this to
say Of the big we'll now being sunk i'll
that city: Besides possessing the finest
hotel in the world, st. Augustine can
now without question claim the great
est artesian well in the world, on the
grounds of the Ponce de Leon Hotel.
On Tuesday, at a depth of about five
hundred feet from the surface, water
began to rush through the 12-inch cas-
ing at the astonishing rate of eight mil.
lions of gallons per day, or about six
thousand gallons per minute, equal to
two hundred horsepower, or three
times greater than the Jacksonville
water-works. The flow has continued
with increasing power from the first, and
this Saturday morning the water indi-
Gates temperature of 70 deg, a rise of
three degrees in one week. The drill
is now working in the volcanic rock, at
depth of about 600 feet"
Governor McEnery, of Louisiana. has
Issued a call for an Interstate conven-
ton in the interest of cattle raising.
dairying, fruit growing, and general ag-
riculture, to be held at Lake Charles, La,
on the 22d, e3d and cath of February.
1887. The convention will he formally
opened on Wednesday morning, after the
close of Mardi Gras. One of the most
noteworthy indications of the great in
dust rial progress of the Gulf States is the
marked attention of their public men to
agriculture, and the efforts they are
making to bring the theory and the meth
ode of agriculture in those States into
harmony with the teachings of science
and the highest demands of a progress
i've civilization. The Governor of Lou
isiana has requested Governor Perry, of
this State, to appoint delegates to this
convention, and no doubt he will see that
Florida is well represented on that occa-
sion.